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"Family is all we have in life, but I don't know how I feel about marriage," the actress, 32, reveals in the Nov. 23 issue of Parade. "Obviously, I'm not far enough out of being married to think about doing it again."
Witherspoon split from her husband of 7 years, Ryan Phillippe, in 2006. They have two kids together: Ava, 9, and Deacon, 5. She's been dating Gyllenhaal, 27, since April 2007.
See what a body language expert has to say about Reese and Jake's relationship.
The Academy-award winning actress isn't sure she'll ever be ready to say "I Do."
"I don't know," she says in the newest issue of Us Weekly, on stands now. "I don't think about it much...it's important to stay open to whatever your relationship evolves into. I have a certain idea of what I thought marriage is and the whole life and [the way] things are, and sometimes it doesn't work out that way."
She admits that her split from Phillippe was tough.
Look back on the ugliest Hollywood divorces of all time.
"There are things in my life that are hard to reconcile, like divorce. Sometimes it is very difficult to make sense of how it could possibly happen," she says.
"Laying blame it so easy. I don't have time for hate or negativity in my life. There's no room for it," she adds. "When you make wrong choices, you have to take responsibility for them: 'What part of this do I own?'
"I struggle to figure out what made me make those choices," she says. "All I can hope for is that I've learned something from it and won't make the same choices again."
She says she made a lot of mistakes when she was young.
"I wasn't good about protecting myself," she explains. "I spent a lot of my 20s just trying to make other people happy, rather than trying to figure out if doing that made me happy."
Witherspoon also says her fame makes it hard to connect with people.
"When I first meet someone, it is so hard for me to overcome everything they've read about me," she says in Parade. "It's not fair. It's difficult, because I'm the kind of person who just wants to hug people."
See Reese's - and other stars' - first Us Weekly cover.
Her next movie, Four Christmases, hits theaters Nov. 26.
For more on how Reese balances work and motherhood - and how she plans to split time parenting over the holidays - pick up the newest issue of Us Weekly, on stands now.
See more photos of Reese in Parade.
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HDJohn 3:16, Romans 3:23, Romans 6:23, 1st John 1:8,9, Romans 10:9,10, Romans 10:13. Jesus still loves you! Heaven or Hellreport abuseposted November 28, 2008 6:44 PM PST
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CKMANY OF THE DIVORCES YOU CLAIM ARE UGLY WERE NOT , JUST RECENT.report abuseposted November 26, 2008 5:42 PM PST
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PACHUCHCOCHAHAAHAHreport abuseposted November 26, 2008 4:56 PM PST
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__A_YAHOO_USER__i wouldnt marry her either, her chin is too bigreport abuseposted November 26, 2008 2:55 PM PST
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richard sDivorce is very hard on some people..But the one thing, its harder on the children. Maybe this is weighing very heavily on Reese, being the kind of person and Mother that she is.report abuseposted November 26, 2008 1:22 PM PST
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Shirley RTrue, Reese is a lovely Southern Belle - but no one addressed the issue that ------Jake is 5 years younger and maybe he might find it difficult to walk into a "ready made" family. Perhaps it is not common knowledge that Reese was the "chaser" - Jake is a very shy young man - adorable, but very shy. I suggest he think longer and harder than Reese!report abuseposted November 26, 2008 3:46 AM PST
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SharonI think that if he truly loves her he will know that she needs time. She is level headed and needs to think things through completely. Sometimes it takes more than just love to make a marriage work.report abuseposted November 24, 2008 6:04 PM PST
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Kate A.I wish more stars thought - and lived their lives - like Reese. She's a great mom and role model for her kids, and puts them first every time. She got a raw deal from that sleaze of an ex whose ship has still not come in and never will. But I doubt that she and Jake will continue in light of this. Probably a matter of time.report abuseposted November 24, 2008 8:06 AM PST
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Sail Bumshe should dump jake and move in with mereport abuseposted November 24, 2008 6:18 AM PST
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AnonnieIm pretty sure Jake knows how she feels about marriage since they live together and are quite in love. Doubt a split will come because she told a magazine she has concerns about getting married again. I am sure that they will do what is best for her kids and their relationship wether its marriage or living together forever or whatever else fits for them!report abuseposted November 21, 2008 8:28 PM PST
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